Author: impromptuz

Fermat’s last theorem

was reading David Brooks‘ opinion on Elena Kagan
what interested me more is the undertone of the article on the strategic ‘Organization Kids’
i mean in general..what’s wrong with ‘playing your cards right’ / being down to earth / hving a well-planned life track?
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“About a decade ago, one began to notice a profusion of Organization Kids at elite college campuses. These were bright students who had been formed by the meritocratic system placed in front of them. They had great grades, perfect teacher recommendations, broad extracurricular interests, admirable self-confidence and winning personalities.”

“If they had any flaw, it was that they often had a professional and strategic attitude toward life. (!?= =) They were not intellectual risk-takers. They regarded professors as bosses to be pleased rather than authorities to be challenged. As one admissions director told me at the time, they were prudential rather than poetic.”

“Yet she also is apparently prudential, deliberate and cautious. She does not seem to be one who leaps into a fray when the consequences might be unpredictable. “She was one of the most strategic people I’ve ever met, and that’s true across lots of aspects of her life,” John Palfrey, a Harvard law professor, told The Times. “She is very effective at playing her cards in every setting I’ve seen.””

“..She’s shown relatively little interest in coming up with new theories or influencing public debate.”

“…in essence, campaigning for this position all of her life”

繁简的犯贱

  • 最近在看推理小説ドラマ化的《新参者》，主角是男人味滿瀉的阿部寛，片尾曲是山下達郎の《街物語》，每一集都看到哭（？）。!!! 到日本就可以directly開電視看了！！！
  • 明天開始（每天都這樣想XD) ，未來十天要寄居student center 。如果這次gpa垮了 那我penultimate的summer internships也會垮。。然後我的permanent job offer也一起垮。。那我的人生的起點就垮了。。(天音：有無gum嚴重＝＿＝）知道嗎？！不要再這麼懶啦好不好！！
  • 考完試就要好好讀啥是creep damage 和 finite element analysis …>< ….

 

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